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Indecomposable permutations with a given number of cycles

Robert Cori (1), Claire Mathieu (2) (3)
(1) Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique
(2) Department of Computer Science
(3) Department of Computer Science [Providence]
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DMTCS Proceedings vol. AK, 21st International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2009)
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10.46298/dmtcs.2750
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Indecomposable permutations with a given number of cycles

Robert Cori (1), Claire Mathieu (2) (3)
(1) Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique
(2) Department of Computer Science
(3) Department of Computer Science [Providence]
Abstract
English
A permutation $a_1a_2 \ldots a_n$ is $\textit{indecomposable}$ if there does not exist $p \lt n$ such that $a_1a_2 \ldots a_p$ is a permutation of $\{ 1,2, \ldots ,p\}$. We compute the asymptotic probability that a permutation of $\mathbb{S}_n$ with $m$ cycles is indecomposable as $n$ goes to infinity with $m/n$ fixed. The error term is $O(\frac{\log(n-m)}{ n-m})$. The asymptotic probability is monotone in $m/n$, and there is no threshold phenomenon: it degrades gracefully from $1$ to $0$. When $n=2m$, a slight majority ($51.1 \ldots$ percent) of the permutations are indecomposable. We also consider indecomposable fixed point free involutions which are in bijection with maps of arbitrary genus on orientable surfaces, for these involutions with $m$ left-to-right maxima we obtain a lower bound for the probability of being indecomposable.
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Une permutation $a_1a_2 \ldots a_n$ est $\textit{indécomposable}$, s’il n’existe pas de $p \lt n$ tel que $a_1a_2 \ldots a_p$ est une permutation de $\{ 1,2, \ldots ,p\}$. Nous calculons la probabilité pour qu’une permutation de $\mathbb{S}_n$ ayant $m$ cycles soit indécomposable et plus particulièrement son comportement asymptotique lorsque $n$ tend vers l’infini et que $m=n$ est fixé. Cette valeur décroît régulièrement de $1$ à $0$ lorsque $m=n$ croît, et il n’y a pas de phénomène de seuil. Lorsque $n=2m$, une faible majorité ($51.1 \ldots$ pour cent) des permutations sont indécomposables. Nous considérons aussi les involutions sans point fixe indécomposables qui sont en bijection avec les cartes de genre quelconque plongées dans une surface orientable, pour ces involutions ayant $m$ maxima partiels (ou records) nous obtenons une borne inférieure pour leur probabilité d’êtres indécomposables.
Keywords
  • [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
  • [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]
  • Permutations
  • enumeration
  • asymptotics
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